• Last Time Out at the Gold Cup (GC): Panama 2, Nicaragua 1 … Panama trailed for all of 64 seconds before Ismael Diaz equalized in the 50th minute. Gabriel Torres found the net seven minutes later for his first GC goal since tying for the 2013 Golden Boot honors, as Los Canaleros preserved a 2-1 victory over their Central American foes

• Head Coach: Hernan Dario Gomez (since February 2014) … an experienced international coach who has managed his native Colombia twice, as well as Ecuador and Guatemala … took Ecuador to the 2002 FIFA World Cup

• Best Finish: Runners up-2 (2005, 2013) … fell to U.S. in 2005 final, 1:3 on penalties, after a 0-0 draw … lost to U.S. in 2013 final, 1-0, on Brek Shea’s goal (69’)

• Top GC Scorers: Blas Perez (11 goals), Luis Tejada (10 goals) … neither Perez (36-years-old) nor Tejada (35) are on this year’s roster though both featured during the 2015 tournament and have participated during 2018 World Cup Qualifying cycle

• In 2-1 win v Nicaragua, scored multiple goals for the first time in eight GC games … also conceded at least one goal for an 11th consecutive GC match • In 1-0 win v Martinique, Gabriel Torres (85’ pen) scored the only goals

MARTINIQUE

• Last Time Out at the Gold Cup: United States 3, Martinique 2 ... Kevin Parsemain’s brace nearly helped Martinique pull off a historic result, and made him the second 2017 GC player to reach three goals scored behind Canada’s Alphonso Davies

• Best finish: Quarterfinals-1 (2002) … fell on penalties (5:6) to Canada after playing to a 1-1 draw (own goal 63’) … advanced out of group thanks to first-ever Gold Cup win, 1-0 over Trinidad & Tobago (Patrick Percin 51’)

• Top GC Scorers: Kevin Parsemain (4 goals) … with goal against Nicaragua, became first player from Martinique to score in multiple GC tournaments … became first Martinique player to hit a GC brace in 2-3 loss v United States

• Scored multiple goals in three of 13 GC matches, and only one prior to the 2017 tournament

• One of two 2017 GC entrants, along with French Guiana, that competes in CONCACAF competitions, but is not a FIFA member

• GC Record against Central American Opposition: GP-4; W-0; D-0; L-4; GF-1; GA-7 … Shut out in last three matches v Central American teams … Have not scored v Central American opponent since 1-3 loss v Costa Rica on July 18, 1993

• Lost 9-0 to Mexico on July 11, 1993 in Gold Cup debut, a match that remains the most lopsided result in tournament history … conceded more goals in 1993 edition (14) than in remaining four appearances combined (13)

• 1W-1D-2L after a loss in the same GC edition

• Conceded 1 goal or fewer in six of last nine GG matches, in other three matches conceded 2 or more in games v either Mexico (1 game; 3 goals) or USA (2 games; allowed 2 once, allowed 3 once